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threads through light colored 

 bees' wax, but natural bees' wax, 

 no matter how light, always 

 alters the color of the threads 

 and only waxes the surface. Re- 

 membering that wax is soluble in 

 gasoline, I finally decided a 

 scheme that not only preserves 

 the original color, but also "sets" 

 it permanently, waxes every fiber 

 in the thread and makes it thor- 

 oughly waterproof. 



Here is the method and for- 

 mula: 



Scrape one ounce of paraffine 

 with a knife from a white candle 

 and after allowing a small electric 

 "disc : plate" stove to become 

 heated disconect it (a hot laundry 

 iron propped upside-down will do 

 as well). Put the paraffine in a 

 half-pint common drinking cup, 

 place it on the stove and wait until 

 the paraffine becomes liquid. Then 

 add one ounce of gasolene and 

 mix thoroughly with a spoon and 

 allow this preparation to remain 

 on the heated stove. Submerge 

 the vari-colored threads which 

 should be previously wound sep- 

 arately on thin, stiff, white visit- 

 ing cards cut to measure 1 by 3 

 inches and then notched like a 

 slung-shot stock at both ends. 



Remove the cards of threads 

 after they have remained in the 

 mixture about five minutes. Pierce 

 the cards with pins and hang 

 them in a shady place in the open 

 where the air can reach the 

 threads. Let them remain sus- 

 pended for a few hours and then 

 upon examination you will find 



that the gasoline has entirely 

 evaporated and the threads are 

 soft, pliable and thoroughly satur- 

 ated with paraffine. 



Threads treated in this manner 

 make the rod moisture-proof 

 where wound and where, by-the- 

 by, the varnish does not touch. 



I wish that you, my fellow ang- 

 lers, could see my finished rod. 

 It reverses an old adage My Joy 

 Forever Is a Thing of Beauty. 



THE KINK OF KINKS 



BY JAMES R. ALLEN 

 To quote a short passage from 

 your kink write-up in the June 

 number of OUTER'S, "A kink is 

 just any special pet trick that you 

 make use of in your fishing." Ac- 

 cording to this definition, I here- 

 with submit the dandiest little 

 kink that ever cavorted before 

 your serene vision. I am a young 

 dub, just learning to get the hunt- 

 ing and fishing fevers each fall 

 and spring. But I don't know a 

 whole lot about either hunting or 

 fishing yet. My elder brother 

 (the big yap) says I'm a little too 

 new to educate yet. He is some 

 sportsman. Being one, he sub- 

 scribes for OUTER'S, of course. 

 And here's where my kink comes 

 in. Each month I sneak into his 

 den and lift his latest copy of 

 "The Joy Book." This little 

 stunt, together with subsequent 

 reading of the purloined maga- 

 zine's contents, has helped my 

 fishing more than any other kink 

 I ever heard of. 

 P. S. I am sitting in my 



